Soldering-iron



(No Model.)` W. B. CHoATE.-

SOLDBRING IRUN.

310.294.364. Patented Mar. 4, 1884'.

WITNESSES v is to be driven into the handle of the imple- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. cIIoATE, orl AuEoEA, ILLINOIS.

soLDERlNG-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part ruf-Letters Patent No. 294,364, dated March 4, 1'884.

' Application filed November 2, 1883. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. CHoATE, of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illino is, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soldering-Tools; and I do here# by declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, Areference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of-refcrence marked thereon, which form apart of this specication.

'Ihe main object of my invention is to afford means whereby the soldering copper77 or iron may be readily adjusted and held at any desired angle.

'Ihe invention will plainly appear from the following:

Figure 1 represents a soldering-tool made in accordance with my invention, the iron or copper, so called, being shown also in several positions in dotted lines, Fig. 2 isa detached view of the spring-shank and its gripping-rings and` adjustable. tightening-slide, and Fig. 3 a detached View of the iron.

A is the iron or copper by which the soldering is done, ,and it may b'e of any customary or Adesired shape at 'its outer or working end; but at vthe end or part by which it is connected to its shank it has a ball, b, to permit its being turned around to any desired position in its clamping spring shank or holder O This shank G is made with two diverging prongs or parts, d and'e, but all either made in a single piece of malleable cast-iron, which I prefer, or, if made'in two pieces, they are united or welded together at that end, f, which ment. These parts d and e are round-or cylin drical in cross-section, and each at its other end terminates in a ring or grasping portion, g,

\ veach therefore having a large hole, h, through These holes are of less diameter than the diameter of Jthe ball b, so as to be able to receive and hold the ball between them. A

loose slide-ring, I, is placed over the shank, and when the ball of the iron is placed between these spring gripping parts4 d and e, this ring is moved outward or toward the ball, and closes them tightly upon the ball, and it is readyfor use. By sliding back the ring Ithe bit or iron may be inserted between the parts g g andsecured 'firmly enough by means ofv all the changes of position which can be ef-` fected by a pivoted or swiveled iron supported o n journals-that is, all in a. given single planebut my construction has Valso the advantage of being adjustable in any and every plane, thus giving to theV tool practical provision for a universal adjustment, and this permits its adaptation for work of all kinds,

and where the soldering is to be done in unusual or peculiar places, and where the'implements as now made could only be used with great difliculty, if at all.

. 1. A soldering copper or iron having a ball-head, in combination with a spring-shank adapted to grip and hold such head, and to permit its adjustment therein.

2. In combination, the iron made with a ball-head, the shank C, having the described arms d and e, united at one end, and each having its other or gripping ends made annular, and a slide, h, on said' shank, all substantially as set forth.4

WILLIAM E. cHoATE.

A. G. McDoLE, A.- E. SEAELEs. 

